Last modified: 2019-09-30
Abstract
Village development is the process of enhancing the quality of life of people living in rural areas through community participation. It needs commitment of beneficiaries as a group member. All the time, “profit making” countenance become exclusive matter foruplifting needy people. In Indonesia, sovereignty of economic aspect shaping community intervention program for the village development. Indonesian government believes that improvingwellbeing of the people through economic aspect is the major access. This approach leads to increasing inequality in the village and exploitation of the environment to achieve economic prosperity. Otherwise, the development process in the Panggungharjo Village Government showed different explanation. The village government through its environmental sustainability approach emerged as the leading factor for implementing empowerment of socio-cultural and economic aspects of people in Panggungharjo Village.
This study used a qualitative approach, by collecting data through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, observation and literature studies. Total informants were 18 informants, using purposive and snowball sampling. While previous literature has stated that economic aspect was the essential matter, this study showed that empowerment through environmental aspects moved as a catalyst for empowerment in socio-cultural and economic aspects to encourage sustainable development.